Turkey roost

[grtwhthunter/fisherman]

ok its seems my regular spots r not holding as many birds or they learned from the deer to stay near houses lol. anyway how do you guys find roosting birds that you didn't actually watch fly up, whAT KIND OF CALL WORKS BEST , AND HOW LONG AFTER SUNSET WHEN THEY R TREED WILL THEY RESPOND TO A CALL OF SORTS:o

[ub1243]

i'm near water, i hit them with a goose call.
a owl call works, same with a coyote howl.
heck, behind my house when someone hits the rumble strip on rt55 they sound off.
but from what i'm seeing they won't shock as well at night as morning.
i like to roost them the night before. even if you bump them a little they don't go far.
with the big moon out you should be able to walk the trails and see them at night, if they are in hardwoods. cedar swamps you'll have a tough time.

find a place for the kid?

[ACEarcher]

I always use an owl hooter when it twilight or already dark. Otherwise during daylight hours I use a crow call. BTW when using the crow call a little word to the wise BLAST IT. As loud as you can! Then liston for a response.

They still might come back to your normal roost sight. They are all still flocked up yet. Just wait till the gobblers go into their own flocks and the hen in theirs and the jakes in theirs. We still have a lot of time left. Give or take 3 weeks.

[bluecollar$]

The easiest thing to do is go out a little while before dark, and call, not real heavy.Just enough to get them coming, they have to roost close,wait for heavy darkness to get out, come back in the am and set up:) Its pretty much cheating:D

Also around dark you can walk field edges and use a mouth call,they will awnser from the roost.How old is your son? Did you find a spot yet?

[deerslayersean]

i used a crow call the other morning at sun rise and i get the blonde fox to come out

[Ole 20 Point]

Ah crap...I thought the subject of this thread was turkey ROAST! :huh: I was looking for a free meal. :razz:

On the serious side...to the experienced turkey callers. Do they generally "run" away from a bad call or just ignore? I am not the greatest caller at all :thdown: (mostly use slate) and when I scratch it the wrong way:naughty: I just cringe and pray that it wasn't as bad as I thought. :please:

[ACEarcher]

No not at all. Turkeys are bad callers themselves. I've heard them slip up before. The kicker is if you make a bad call don't just stop. Keep calling and try to like blend it into better or your normal calling.

On a side note back to roosts again. During the "turkey rut" I've seen birds roosting in places I've never seen them before. I've seen them in areas I almost never see them except for spring. They get on the hot tangent to look for hens and they just go all over.

[bluecollar$]

Ah crap...I thought the subject of this thread was turkey ROAST! :huh: I was looking for a free meal. :razz:

On the serious side...to the experienced turkey callers. Do they generally "run" away from a bad call or just ignore? I am not the greatest caller at all :thdown: (mostly use slate) and when I scratch it the wrong way:naughty: I just cringe and pray that it wasn't as bad as I thought. :please:
Did you see that video that was posted on here a little while ago? That was some of the worst calling I'd ever heard and those birds came in gobbeling away:D.... Alot depends on the time of the season, later the birds are listening a little better.

[uncleyips]

Hey guys it's not that hard, not the smartest birds a few years back i was hunting south jersey ,i would call,they would answer and then a tracker trailer blew it's horn and the birds answered the truck.

[Buck Tales]

I like my method the best, ride by the fields and watch them go into the woods just before dark. Come back to the edge of that field in the dark the next morning and after the fly down make as much racket with the slate call as you can for about 2 minutes straight and then shut up and wait. :thup: P.S. Using this method you might want to leave the frying pan out cause you gonna be using it real soon.:D

[Acupla Bucks]

Ah crap...I thought the subject of this thread was turkey ROAST! :huh: I was looking for a free meal. :razz:

On the serious side...to the experienced turkey callers. Do they generally "run" away from a bad call or just ignore? I am not the greatest caller at all :thdown: (mostly use slate) and when I scratch it the wrong way:naughty: I just cringe and pray that it wasn't as bad as I thought. :please:

There is no bad calling, only hunters make the mistake of too much calling. Believe me, bad calling is the least likely reason to chase off Toms. It depends on how hot they are, and how much competition they have. I hunted mostly on public lands, and there were several occasions when I heard some of the worst Turkey calls coming in my direction, thinking another hunter was busting my hunt, only to see a flock of hens moving past. Then all I had to do was sit still(No reason to call) and the Toms and Jakes weren't far behind. Also, if you know where they are roosted, get in there before light, no closer than 100 yards, and just before sun up, hit them with two to three tree yelps and nothing else. Believe me, they heard it and they know where you are, and any more calling will zero them in to your exact location which you don't really want that or they will spot any movement you make. You want them curious when they come into your setup.

[Acupla Bucks]

Ah crap...I thought the subject of this thread was turkey ROAST! :huh: I was looking for a free meal. :razz:

On the serious side...to the experienced turkey callers. Do they generally "run" away from a bad call or just ignore? I am not the greatest caller at all :thdown: (mostly use slate) and when I scratch it the wrong way:naughty: I just cringe and pray that it wasn't as bad as I thought. :please:

There is no bad calling, only hunters make the mistake of too much calling. Believe me, bad calling is the least likely reason to chase off Toms. It depends on how hot they are, and how much competition they have. I hunted mostly on public lands, and there were several occasions when I heard some of the worst Turkey calls coming in my direction, thinking another hunter was busting my hunt, only to see a flock of hens moving past. Then all I had to do was sit still(No reason to call) and the Toms and Jakes weren't far behind. Also, if you know where they are roosted, get in there before light, no closer than 100 yards, and just before sun up, hit them with two to three tree yelps and nothing else. Believe me, they heard it and they know where you are, and any more calling will zero them in to your exact location which you don't really want that or they will spot any movement you make. You want them curious when they come into your setup.

[Ole 20 Point]

Thanks for the info gang...:wave:...that gives me less cause for worry when I squawk a call. :o

Once I have a pretty good idea a turkey is headed my way or gets a bit quiet (and still may be heading my way) I ease way up on any calling that I'm doing and just stay in ready to shoot mode. It's at that time that I REALLY wish I had taken some time to learn how to use those dang mouth calls! :huh: